06-21-2021, 01:04 PM
(06-21-2021, 12:42 PM)cow Wrote: KP and Luka don't like playing with one another. No idea if they like one another off the court. I think this experiment has failed. KP is obviously unhappy and if he starts to demanding a trade, it will lower his already tanked value. You also don't want to make Luka unhappy.
If Josh Richardson doesn't opt in, wish him good luck. I've seen all I need to see of him.
If you run it back, what is the ceiling of this team? Another first round exit? A second round exit at best? The Mavs roster is exactly where you don't want to be in the NBA. Stuck in the middle is as far from being a contender as you can possibly get. We don't have the assets to get players to push us over the top and we are not going to be bad enough to get draft help to improve the team (not that we have picks anyway). This team might need to take a step backwards in the short term to be contenders in the long term.
I'd also let THJ test the market and be prepared to let him walk. I think the money he will command is going to be too much for someone so prone to disappearing for games at a time. Before his most recent hot streak, he spent the better part of a month in a slump and sadly for us, he couldn't ride his hot streak through the Clippers series. I'm a massive fan of his and his tenure in Dallas, but I'm terrified of giving him a big contract.
Who is a 2nd star player that can play both ends of court...but doesnt mind not scoring since Luka is so efficient?
Does that hurt said players future paychecks?